Plaza

A plaza /ˈplɑːzə/ is an open urban public space, such as a city square.

Throughout Spanish America and the Spanish East Indies, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be incorporated in a wing of a governor's palace, and the audiencia or law court. The plaza might be large enough to serve as a military parade ground. At times of crisis or fiesta, it was the space where a large crowd might gather. Like the Italian piazza, the plaza remains a center of community life that is only equaled by the market-place.

Most colonial cities in Spanish America and the Philippines were planned around a square plaza de armas, where troops could be mustered, as the name implies, surrounded by the governor's palace and the main church. A plaza de toros is a bullring.

In modern usage, a plaza can be any gathering place on a street or between buildings, a street intersection with a statue, etc. Today's metropolitan landscapes often incorporate the "plaza" as a design element, or as an outcome of zoning regulations, building budgetary constraints, and the like. Sociologist William H. Whyte conducted an extensive study of plazas in New York City: his study humanized the way modern urban plazas are conceptualized, and helped usher in significant design changes in the making of plazas.

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Plaza (surname)

Plaza is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Aubrey Plaza, American actress and comedian
  • Daniel Plaza, Spanish track-and-field Olympian
  • Galo Plaza, Ecuadorian politician and former President of Ecuador
  • Leónidas Plaza, Ecuadorian politician and former President of Ecuador, and father of Galo Plaza
  • Martin Plaza, Australian musician, also known as Martin Edward Murphy
  • Mélissa Plaza, French football player
  • Ron Plaza, former American Major League Baseball manager
  • Rubén Plaza, Spanish professional road bicyclist
  • Willis Plaza, Trinidadian football player
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    Plaza (disambiguation)

    Plaza is a Spanish word for a city square; it may more specifically refer to:

    People

  • Plaza (surname)

    • Places

  • Płaza, a village in Małopolska, Poland
  • Plaza, North Dakota, a city in Mountrail County
  • Plaza, Venezuela, a municipality in the state of Miranda
  • Plaza Building (disambiguation)
  • Plaza Hotel, New York City; for others see Plaza Hotel (disambiguation)
  • Plaza Theatre (disambiguation)

    • See also

  • Plymouth Plaza an automobile sold in North America during the late 1950s.
  • The Plaza (disambiguation)
  • All pages beginning with "Plaza"
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    Plaza

    by: Eldo

    Zniknęli już idole, bohaterowie zeszłych wojen
    Odeszli z pamięci ludzi, ich sławę zabrało morze
    Nowi, chodź ciągle świecą na firmamencie nieba
    Jak my, zmienią się w piasek, który zmyje ulewa
    W książkach nikt nie wspomni, ludzie już nie chcą czytać
    To świat groteski, głosu rozsądku już nie słychać
    Nie ma już bohaterów, teraz królem jest błazen
    Teraz jest cool, luźno, super, bomba, zniszczono powagę
    Sprawiedliwość ma oczy i fiskalną kasę
    Podstawowe wartości spłonęły jak papier
    Usiadłem na tym brzegu, woda koiła ból wędrówki
    Słuchałem krzyku mew i widziałem w tym ludzi
    Kto głośniej, kto lepiej, to niekończący się wyścig
    W tych czasach cwaniactwo i spryt to podstawy etyki
    Szukałem w sobie podobnych, dlatego boli to tak mocno
    Żeby nie zwariować, trzeba uciec w samotność
    Tylu nam ludzi podobnych wierzyło w świat idealny
    Dziś nie ma nic, sami jesteśmy na tej plaży
    Traciliśmy nadzieję, idąc pod prąd tak silny
    Za rękę z bezczelnością, wiesz, sami przeciw wszystkim
    To nie jest serial, tu nadzieja umarła
    Ten świat to farsa, wolę śnić lub spłonąć jak zapałka
    Błysnąć chociaż na chwilę, by ogrzać chłód tej nocy
    Może dam życie, energię, by znowu sens zdobyć
    W mieście, gdzie każdy róg oblepia nachalnie cywilizacja
    Ktoś o tym świecie zapomniał, nie wysłał nam światła
    I mimo świadomości, że stoję na czymś twardym
    Czuję jakby piasek na plaży, nikt nie zabroni mi marzyć
    Wędrować tak długo, aż sens i spokój znajdę
    Z bohaterami z Olimpu siedzieć i pić grappę
    Znaleźć to coś, co piętnowano kiedyś jako szaleństwo
    Odnaleźć Boga, bezpieczeństwo i przywrócić szlachetność
    To technopolis mnie męczy
    Wysysa z krwią rozsądek, zwiększa się świata majątek
    Lecz coraz bardziej znika człowiek
    Tylko w snach mnie tu nie ma
    I tylko w snach czuję radość
    Otwieram oczy i zamiast plaży znów miasto
    Chcę byś wysłuchał tych słów, o jedno, proszę, pozwól
    Znajdź w sobie siłę na dobro, na wiedzę i na rozum
    Zatrzymajmy się w pędzie, nikt nie pamięta po co biegnie
    Czy na pewno po szczęście? Czy sam bieg nie jest biegu sensem?
    Nic nie jest pewne, ja przecież sam wciąż pytam
    Szukam sposobu, by kiedyś polecieć jak Ikar
    Na skrzydłach tej wolności
    I jeśli mam jak on spaść, to spadnę jak on




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